C
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring C skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 138 | 102 | 75 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -36 | -27 | +68 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 1 | 5 | 35 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands | 0.043% | 0.32% | 1.96% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.17% | 1.31% | 8.73% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £513 |
| 25th Percentile | £563 | - | £535 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | - | £536 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +34.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | - | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £540 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £539 | £538 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.19% | +0.19% | -10.38% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £56.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £57.50 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £58.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median hourly rate | £66.50 | £67.50 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.48% | +3.85% | +13.04% |
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
C falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in the West Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 580 | 381 | 401 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 24.70% | 24.56% | 22.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 393 | 220 | 285 |
| 10th Percentile | £367 | £352 | £275 |
| 25th Percentile | £453 | £413 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £500 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.00% | +5.26% | -9.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £595 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £631 | £700 | £675 |
| England median daily rate | £513 | £538 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.65% | -2.27% | -4.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 10 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £40.20 | £16.98 | £17.39 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.50 | £17.81 | £17.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £50.00 | £23.87 | £18.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +109.47% | +29.03% | -15.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £56.88 | £33.44 | £26.94 |
| 90th Percentile | £69.25 | £53.25 | £52.63 |
| England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £62.50 | £61.60 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +1.46% | -5.23% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing C relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
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Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing C.
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Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing C.
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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing C within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| Worcestershire | - | 1 | £575 | - | 2 |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:
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